| Reason (Network, Year) | Character Name | Show |
|---|
| Rebellious teen became a flight attendant (WB, 2002) | |
| Dropped out of the show's historically black college (NBC, 1988) | |
| Joined the U.S. Army (ABC, 1980) | |
| Abducted by aliens (temporarily) (Fox, 2000) | |
| Death: Suicide by gunshot (Fox, 2009) | |
| Teaching English in Africa (Fox, 2005) | |
| Death: Brain tumor (NBC, 2002) | |
| Death: Electric Shock/Car Accident (ABC, 2009) | |
| Feared he had become the type of lawyer he resented (ABC, 2003) | |
| Exiled to Staten Island (NBC, 1995) | |
| Acting program in London (Fox, 1994) | |
| Death: Heart attack (actor murdered) (NBC, 1998) | |
| Death: Shot down over the Sea of Japan (CBS, 1975) | |
| Death: Shot by double agent Ari Haswari (CBS, 2005) | |
| Retreats to his cabin due to emotional trauma (CBS, 2007) | |
| Accepted a faculty position at UCLA (CBS, 1978) | |
| Moved to Washington, D.C. to become an environmental lobbyist (ABC, 2000) | |
| Retired after helping catch the Dick and Jane Killer's accomplice (CBS, 2009) | |
| Writing a book called “Jocasta's Conundrum” (NBC, 1987) | |
| School trip (yes, seriously) to Costa Rica (ABC, 1998) | |
| Death: Fell down an elevator shaft (Days of Our Lives, 1996) | |
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